Strong word-of-mouth from its record $60M opening and 96% Rotten Tomatoes score has sustained Resident Evil’s domestic run past $110M, yet the market’s tight clustering around $11–14M for the third weekend reflects typical R-rated horror drop patterns and mounting competition from new wide releases. The film’s B+ CinemaScore and solid midweek holds signal better-than-average audience retention for the genre, but a 61% second-weekend decline already signals accelerating erosion as screens and attention shift to fresh titles. Traders appear to weigh the Zach Cregger-directed reboot’s critical and commercial momentum against historical horror legs and the crowded October slate when pricing the 12–13M band as the consensus range.